News Highlights:
- March 30th marked the 28th anniversary of Land Day, and there were protests in Galilee and all across the occupied Palestinian territories.
- The first Land Day in 1976 resulted in six Palestinian Israelis shot dead near Sakhnin
Israel demolishes the home in Rafah that Rachel Corrie died trying to protect just over a year ago. - Israeli troops shoot a seven-year-old Palestinian boy in Balata refugee camp and then, according to international volunteers, refuse to allow passage to the ambulance carrying him – Khaled Walweel was dead on arrival at hospital.
- U.N. agencies may be forced to end their humanitarian work in Gaza, due to Israeli restrictions on their movements
Israel’s State Attorney recommends corruption charges against Ariel Sharon.
Feature:
An in studio discussion about recent developments in Palestine and the region. The panelists looked at the impact of the Israeli assassination of Sheik Yassin, the spiritual leader of Hamas, both on the Palestinian people and the larger Arab public. The U.S. veto in the United Nations over a resolution condemning the assassination was also discussed in this context. The panel further detailed the postponement of the Arab Summit, reportedly due to disagreements over how to deal with the Palestinian issue, and analyzed how Palestinians in general were disillusioned with the impotence of such summits.
Focus On Zionism:
A personal testimony from an elderly Palestinian woman about her involvement in actions to try and stop the construction of the apartheid wall on village lands. Ghariba Daoud talked about how a group of women like her had challenged the Israeli bulldozers and soldiers.
Here is an audio file of this show: